the hd 6850 from sapphire was believed to be the toxic or vapor-x variant but this was prooved to be false come release time. now they have actual 6850 to show us sporting their toxic technology, the new TriXX ocing utility and a spiffy new fansink. lets see how she rocks ladies, gents and anything that doesnt fit into those two..
sporting clocks of 820core/4400 memory this baby looks on paper to be a winner as anything sapphre has ever made (omitting perhaps the hd 5970 atomic edition(toxic 4gb to you laymen folk))
kitguru pitted sapphire's toxic against the talon 460, sc 460, the two refrence 460's (omitting the SE because its not out yet0 and a refrence 6850... oh and a 5770
in unigine heaven she easily matches your refrence 460 1gb but falls short of the sc or talon with a different of nearly .9fps less than the 460 1gb
in AVP it shows us where the fatory oc is at with a 2.5 fps gain over the refrence card
and in hawx she takes off and rightfully trounces a 5850 at refrence and comewithin striking range of the 460 talon 1gb.. that is a heck of a result.
power wise she chews up nearly 9 watts of power running but idles equally with a standard 6850
noise wise she is quieter by about 3decible's.. not bad
and for the oc this baby FLIES easily taking here to 190 more core clock and 160 ish in the memory clock.. man that is wild! easily giving you 2500 points more in the 3d mark vantage.
all tests done at 1080p max settings (by game, no CCC enforced)
for 20 GBP more than a refrence 6850 your getting essentially a quieter xfx 6850 BE with a free ocing utility and a dvi-to-hdmi eyefinity connector. decieding between the two would be hard
kitguru gave it a 9/10 i give it an 9/10 personnaly speaking. close sapphire.. real close.. sapphire you have one of the better ones out there..
to quote the narrator from bf2:MC
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/sapphire-hd6850-toxic-edition-review/3/
"your doing fine int here dont lose it"
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